Weekly Roundup: My First Tweet

Aaron Brethorst, March 22, 2014

Over the past couple of years, I've developed a small arsenal of tools that are incredibly important for me as an iOS developer. Some are pretty obvious: GitHub, Instruments, Reflector, and Spark Inspector, for instance. Others are less well-known, or more subtle: GitHub's Objective-C trending page, objc.io, and...Twitter.

Yes, really, Twitter. I think it's the best way to stay up to date on the latest happenings in the iOS developer community, and—as long as you're careful about who you follow—can offer an incredibly high signal-to-noise ratio.

Twitter reached its 8th anniversary this past week, and launched the First Tweet microsite to help you find your (or anyone else's) first tweet. I've been quite enamored with seeing what people first wrote, whether a meta tweet ('I'm tweeting about tweeting!'), something far more mundane, or a heartfelt look into someone's personal life. Here are some of my favorites. What are yours?

Until next time,
Aaron


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